Casting a ballot is no easy task for many in the Government-held seat of Durack, which covers two-thirds of WA. But the problems for voters run a lot deeper than just their ability to get to a polling station....

Homes in WA's Pilbara are evacuated by the Army and police after being cut off by rising floodwaters in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Veronica, which has been downgraded to a low after lingering off the coast....

Cyclone Veronica weakens to a category one system and heads west off WA's Pilbara region after it "pummelled" the coast between Karratha and Port Hedland for 24 hours, but the threat of major flooding remains....